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Tailwind Flight Center is proud to announce that we have completed the challenging application and approval process and are now certified to offer an FAA Approved Part 141 Private Pilot Training Program. The FAA approved training curriculum allows students to take advantage of a fully structured and integrated training program that is individually reviewed and approved by the FAA. While very few flight schools offer this program, it is now available at Tailwind Flight Center at the Outagamie County Regional Airport in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In approving the Part 141 Program, the FAA mandates a...

Does anybody have an interest in attending a private pilot ground school at our Appleton location? If so, please give us your info below and we will let you know if we do this or not.
Tentative Information:
10 Weeks
Wednesdays starting January 9
Course Cost- $300, which includes all study materials
Completion of course gets you a sign off for the private pilot written test
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Tailwind Flight Center will be hosting a VFR-Refresher Clinic! This is great program that helps all pilots to brush up and review on VFR operating procedures and regulations. Enjoy a complete VFR refresher PowerPoint presentation while learning with fellow pilots from the area. This clinic will also count toward the ground portion of a BFR if the BFR is completed with a Tailwind Flight Instructor.
Don’t miss this great opportunity!
Date: Saturday, September 15, 2012
Time: 9am-12pm
Where: Tailwind Flight Center Appleton (KATW)
Cost: $50.00
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via eaa.org
September 16, 2011 – Carl Gustafson is a First Officer with Jet Blue Airways based out of Long Beach, California, a volunteer at Flabob Airport, Riverside, California, and a former Young Eagle. Until recently, perhaps his most significant flight was bringing a JetBlue Embraer E190 into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2008. But this past week Gustafson, 31, and two other pilots ferried three brand new Cessna T182T Turbo Skylanes halfway around the world to Shindand, Afghanistan.
What a great story about how a Young Eagle flight could jump start a career in aviation! Tailwind...